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Soldiers, civilians, and the 140 million Americans who are poor or low-income pay the price for our never-ending wars

In 1970, postal workers went on strike and provoked a national crisis for the United States government. Their rebellion holds lessons for labor today.

NFL tells players patriotism is more important than protest – here’s why that didn’t work during WWI

Barbara Ehrenreich’s radical critique of wellness and self-improvement

Individual labor unions sometimes have interests that conflict with the greater public’s. While certain unions may be an obstacle to the greater good, unions are collectively a uniquely effective vehicle--not a "special interest group"--for realizing what matters most to working people.

In this op-ed, writer Kim Kelly explains the history behind child labor laws following a report that the Trump administration’s Department of Labor is considering rolling them back.

The potential effects of an anti-union ruling in Janus v. AFSCME could already be on display in Orange County, where a right-to-work group scored a win involving orientations for new in-home health care aides.

The Zionist conquest of Palestine, which began haphazardly in the early 1880s and intensified after the turn of the century, reaching its apogee with British invasion and occupation of the country before the conclusion of World War I, was the inaugural moment of what became known as the Nakba.

The US government terrorizes immigrant families and families of color with thousands of raids each year.